“You give me a Nate Diaz” Paul Felder is excited to face Nate in a potential matchup
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UFC Lightweight fighter Paul Felder showed the heart of a warrior in UFC’s latest event, by stepping up in the fight against Rafael Dos Anjos. Felder steeped to face the fight in just 5 days notice and made the weight cut and faced Dos Anjos inside the Octagon. Paul Felder lost this fight by the judge’s decision at the end of five rounds.
But he is feeling much positive after this match up at one point in time Felder was looking to announce his retirement from UFC but this opportunity rejuvenated Felder’s spirit to fight. The Lightweight challenger is now evaluating the challenge that lies in front of him for his future fights.
Many of the UFC fighters also appreciated Felder’s effort. The former UFC champion Daniel Cormier says, “Check out my guy Paulie red from Philly, dude is calling the contender series tomorrow. What a gangster, 3 days after going 5 rounds with RDA!!! Paul Felder”. Apart from Cormier many other fighters also appreciated Felder’s effort.
Felder is excited to face Nate Diaz in future
While weighing about the future prospects, Paul Felder says if he gets the opportunity to face Nate Diaz he will grab it by both hands. Felder says, “You give me a Nate Diaz or something like that, and I’m willing to move weight classes and all that kind of stuff for that kind of a fight, you know? He’s a BMF guy, an OG; he’s been around fighting everybody.”
“So yeah, you wanna excite me that way, it’s automatically a main event somewhere or co-main on a pay-per-view, and I take that fight all day. Something like that is what you’d get me to go outside the rankings because who cares what a guy like Diaz’s ranking is. Nobody cares what that is. They wanna see a scrap. And I think the two of us, for sure.”
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